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    ✶ Toolbox: It contains various tools that are used to create, edit and enhance an image.

                          ✶ Foreground/Background color: The color areas show GIMP's current foreground and
                         background colours. Clicking on either one of them will open a color selector dialog box that
                         allows changing to a different color. Clicking on the double-headed arrow exchanges the two
                         colors and clicking on the small symbol in the lower left corner resets them to black and white.
                          ✶ Tool options: This shows options for the currently selected tool.

                          ✶ Image window: Each image in GIMP is displayed in a separate window. Many images can be
                         opened at the same time
                          ✶ Ruler: Rulers are shown above and to the left of the image, indicating coordinates within the
                         image.

                          ✶ Layers palette: It is used to set order of visibility of the objects.
                          ✶ Brushes/Patterns/Fonts tab: This contains tabs that show the options for managing brushes,
                         patterns and fonts. Brushes tab is used for all tools that allow you to paint on the image, like
                         erasing and smudging. Patterns tab is is used in filling selected areas of an image. Fonts tab
                         is used for Text tool whenever there is a requirement of change in font.

                              Toolbox
                                                                           Menu bar                          Layers
                          Foreground/
                                                                                                             palette
                          Background
                             color

                                                                          Ruler
                               Tools
                              options                                                                        Brushes/
                                                                  Image window                               Pattern/
                                                                                                             Fonts tab

                                                                                                              Status
                                                                                                               bar
                                                       Components of The GIMP main window

                            WINDOW MODES IN GIMP

                      You get two options for the GIMP user interface:

                                                             GIMP User Interface

                                      Multi-Window Mode                              Single-Window Mode
                             In this mode, the left and right panels are   When you first launch GIMP, it defaults to sin-
                            separate on the screen, with an image win-   gle-window mode. In this mode, the left and right
                           dow in the center. You can move these panels   tool panels are fixed in place and you cannot move
                                       anywhere you like.                   them. However, you can adjust their width.

                            CREATING A NEW FILE

                      Creating a new image in GIMP allows you to start with a blank canvas by defining its dimensions,
                      resolution and background properties, providing a customizable workspace for your project.

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